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Metal Shader 1481

See also

Shader Basic Parameters Rollout (page 2–1466)

Basic Parameters Rollout (Standard Material) (page

2–1470)

Blinn, Oren-Nayar-Blinn, and Phong Highlights

(page 2–1493)

Metal Shader

Material Editor > Standard material > Shader Basic

Parameters rollout > Metal shader > Metal Basic

Parameters rollout

Metal shading provides realistic-looking metallic

surfaces and a variet y of organic-looking materials.

Metal shading has a distinct curve for specular

highlights. Metal surfaces also have glancing

highlights. Metal materials calculate their ow n

specular color, which can vary b etween the

material’s diffuse color and the color of t he light.

Yo u c a n’ t s e t a m e t a l m a t e r i a l ’ s s p e c u l a r c o l o r.

Metal shading h as distinctive highlights.

Because there’s no separate specular highl ight, the

two specular high light spinners b ehave differently

than the spinners for Blinn and Phong shading

(page 2–1480). T he Specular Level spinner still

controls intensity, but the Glossiness spinner

affects both the intensity and size of the specular

areas.

Tip: When you create a metal material, make sure

the backlight (page 2–1432) isoninthesampleslot.